Nucleolin is required for DNA methylation state and the expression of rRNA gene variants in Arabidopsis thaliana

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Pontvianne, Frédéric ^a,b   Abou Ellail, Mohamed ^a   Douet, Julien ^c   Comella, Pascale ^a   Matia, Isabel ^d   Chandrasekhara, Chinmayi ^b   DeBures, Anne ^a   Blevins, Todd ^b   Cooke, Richard ^a   Medina, Francisco J ^d   Tourmente, Sylvette ^c   Pikaard, Craig S ^b   Sáez Vásquez, Julio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; HISTONE; NUCLEOLIN; RIBOSOME RNA; SPACER DNA; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; NUC L1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; NUC-L1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; PHOSPHOPROTEIN; PLANT RNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 45S;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SWITCHING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; PLANT GENETICS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; RNA SYNTHESIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WILD TYPE; CHROMOSOME NOR; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; NUCLEOSOME; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RNA GENE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EUKARYOTA;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; DNA METHYLATION; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, RRNA; HISTONES; MUTATION; NUCLEOLUS ORGANIZER REGION; NUCLEOSOMES; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RNA POLYMERASE I; RNA, PLANT; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 78649686878     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1001225     Document Type: Article

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